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kool.

a cabbage, plant of genus Brassica

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/koːl/
  1. a cabbage, plant of genus Brassica

    feminine
  2. the edible leaves of a Brassica

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Old Dutch *kōl /*kōla Middle Dutch col /cole Dutch kool From Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis.

noun/koːl/
  1. coal

    feminine
  2. carbon

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). May originate from a neuter plurale tantum that was reanalysed as a feminine singular; compare Old Norse kol. Cognate with West Frisian koal, German Kohle, English coal, Danish kul.

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